1962-01-15
Roger submits an application for The Detours to audition for the BBC Light Entertainment.
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1961-11-05
Keith and his friend Gerry Evans attend a Guy Fawkes Night bonfire in Queensbury, London. Keith jumps through the bonfire and torments little girls with firecrackers. Photo is from another 1961 Guy Fawkes bonfire!
1961-05-15
The Regents’ “Barbara Ann,” originally recorded in 1958, hits the U.S. charts
1961-05-15
James Brown and The Famous Flames release the original version of “I Don’t Mind.”
1961-05-03
John Entwistle performs at the Acton Schools Music Association Fourteenth Annual Music Festival. A newspaper report in the Hammersmith & Shepards Bush Gazette reports: “John Entwistle was the only soloist of the evening. He played the finale from the Horn Concerto No. 4, by Mozart. It’s a popular horn solo which calls for nimble fingering.… Read More »1961-05-03
1960-10-10
Simon Townshend is born in Chiswick, London
1957-12-06
Pete gets a little brother as Paul Townshend is born
1957-10-17
Pino Palladino is born in Cardiff, Wales
1948-11-21
John “Rabbit” Bundrick is born in Baytown, Texas.
1948-09-16
Kenny Jones, drummer of the Faces and The Who, is born in Stepney, London